Common Core, AdvancED Accreditation, The College Board, Textbook Publishers, and the U.S. Department of Education
COMMON CORE CAME OUT WITH A BANG—over 40 states adopted it. What few realize is that the Common Core’s impact is not limited to educational standards. The real story is in the widening net the Common Core is casting.
by Amy Burgess | Fall 2016 Real Judges, Real Courtrooms, Real Life Start a Team | 2016 Nationals | In the News | Designed for CCE | National Mock Trial | Underdogs Head to State “I’LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT,” a magistrate judge from the State of...
by Dr. Chris Perrin | Fall 2016 An abridged version of the following article appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of The Classical Difference LET ME OFFER FROM THE ONSET WHAT I think describes the entire exercise of the Common Core (CC) in our national schools:...
Late Again! Practical Thoughts for the Drive We are a few weeks into the new school year—commute number 19 and Polo Shirt Friday number three—and mingled with the upbeat early-morning song on the radio comes the popular refrain, “Why do we have to wear uniforms...
Fall 2016 Uniform Tips and Stories Tying Ties | Ironing Pleats | Repairing Holes TYING TIES • Our recommended tie: The half windsor • The full windsor • The bow tie IRONING PLEATS To keep the pleats in longer, drip dry. You can also dry on low and...
Fall 2016 If the topic doesn’t come up, maybe you should introduce it yourself. Why uniforms? Practical reasons might satisfy the practically minded. But don’t stop there. It’s all about Paideia—the transfer of “affections,” not just information and...
by Sandy Watson | Fall 2016
What is the value? …
Goals for the first 100 days of school.
This year in history: 1516 It always sounds better in Latin. “Novum Instrumentum Omne” or “The Entire New Testament” is the name Deciderius Erasmus gives to the first published Greek New Testament, printed in 1516. And according to Erasmus, the...
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Fall 2016 What's in a word? There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. —C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Dig up a treasure, and you have to clean off some mud. The first words I heard when I asked, “What...
by Jeanette Faulkner | Fall 2016 Ten Steps to Starting a Mock Trial Team As my husband’s job kept us moving over the past 15 years, I became a mock trial fairy starting new mock trial programs at four ACCS schools. Some of my teams competed at regional,...
Fall 2016 Common Core Informational Resources The Common Core's Five-Way Power Play The Common Core and the Classical Tradition Common Core: Facts & Fiction More on Paideia The Classical Christian SAT Advantage Your School and the Common...
The Path from an ACCS School to Notre Dame to Russia by Jeanette Faulkner | Spring 2016 Katie Bascom at the top of the world There’s no telling where a classical Christian education can land you. It landed Katie Bascom three degrees from the Arctic Circle in Ukhta,...
Restoring the Habits of the Heart in American Education by Brittany Corona | Spring 2016 The real fix for American education The size and scope of the federal government has ballooned since the early 20th century. The advent of the bureaucratic state erodes the...
